Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Lindisfarne 22, Northumberland Forward button Back button
Overview
Present Location
Priory Museum, Lindisfarne
Evidence for Discovery
Found in 1957 in trench dug across sanctuary close, field east of priory. Presented to Museum in 1959 by Mrs S. H. Pritchard
Church Dedication
No Dedication
Present Condition
Broken and worn
Description

Only one face is carved.

A (broad): The only distinct feature is a deep circular hollow which could either be at the end of an arm or more probably the centre of a cross. There appear to be traces of an inscription below but its language and script are uncertain.

Discussion

Too little survives to characterize this piece but it seems by the deep sinking to be of the same type as 24 or 27.

Date
Mid seventh to mid eighth century
References
Okasha 1971, 94, pl. 74
Endnotes
1. The following are general references to the Lindisfarne stones: (—) 1855-7e, 275; (—) 1869-79c, viii; Rivoira 1933, 153; Elliott 1959; 81; Henry 1965, 158; Coatsworth 1981, 25.

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